This is a collection of short stories, poems and experiences written by a college student. I write about a lot of things, and I write to survive. These stories are like my heroin, injected into my... More > veins with a needle to fuel my curiosity, creativity and passions for art and love. Try and see yourselves in my characters. Put yourselves in these experiences. Let reading and feeling become your addiction.< Less

Through Eyes Of Needles embarks upon a multitude of love. In reading the passages, one may be caused to conjure thoughts of love interludes and sparks of poetic imaginations. Inside you will find... More > titles such as: "We Blossom, The Magic That You Bring, Traces of Sweetness, Southern Love." Cover art created and copyrighted to author Gwendolyn Thomas Gath.< Less

Embroidery begins with the needle, and the needle (thorn, fish-bone, or whatever it may have been) came into use so soon as ever savages had the wit to sew skins and things together to keep... More > themselves warm—modesty, we may take it, was an afterthought—and if the stitches made any sort of pattern, as coarse stitching naturally would, that was embroidery.
The term is often vaguely used to denote all kinds of ornamental needlework, and some with which the needle has nothing to do. That is misleading; though it is true that embroidery does touch, on the one side, tapestry, which may be described as a kind of embroidery with the shuttle, and, on the other, lace, which is needlework pure and simple, construction "in the air" as the Italian name has it.
The term is used in common parlance to express any kind of superficial or superfluous ornamentation. A poet is said to embroider the truth. But such metaphorical use of the word hints at the real nature of the work—embellishment, enrichment, added.< Less

Provocative, controversial, sublime, and funny textile artworks, including beaded and knitted works, textile collage, art quilts, embroideries, and weavings. Catalog for the art exhibition, Needle... More > Culture: Contemporary Mixed Media Textiles, on display from May 20 through June 24, 2006 at the Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona.< Less

Susuk refers to the ancient art of inserting foreign objects (e.g. gold needle) under the skin for beauty or other purposes. It has its roots in the Malayan culture and is commonly practised in... More > Southeast Asia. It is believed that the susuk charm must be removed before death, otherwise the person will die a slow, painful death.< Less

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